Ben Franklin Middle School
Day of service spotlights community connections
VALPARAISO | Ben Franklin Middle School eighth-graders recently spent a day of service out in the community creating new connections and giving back.
Gas leak prompts evacuation of Valparaiso middle school
VALPARAISO | The rupture of a natural gas line near Ben Franklin Middle School prompted officials to evacuate the school Tuesday morning.
NWI schools earn high marks at Academic Spell Bowl finals
A number of region schools scored highly in the Indiana Academic Spell Bowl state finals Saturday, with two taking top honors.
Ben Franklin B team completes unbeaten football season
Ben Franklin B team completes unbeaten football season Ben Franklin's B team picked up a win in its last football game Oct. 15 to finish the season 8-0. Team members include John Hruska, Riley Woodward, Cameron Brice, Benjamin Kroll, Marcus Gholston, Terry Peek, Isaiah Buck, Adrian Guzman, C…
Valpo to complete Campbell Street pathway
VALPARAISO | The last of the funds for the Valparaiso Street bond issue will finally be spent, but it won't be spent on Valparaiso Street.
Porter County schools strive for excellence
As school districts across the county struggle with issues ranging from funding to bullying, officials don't want to forget all the good things happening in schools and the progress students, teacher and staff are making to improve education across the region.
Rival teams step aside to give boy special moment
VALPARAISO | It was a moment Nigel Singer won't soon forget. With 17 seconds left in a seventh-grade basketball game between rival middle schools Ben Franklin in Valparaiso and Fegely in Portage, the 12-year-old shot and scored.
VIDEO: Young athlete scores big basket
Nigel Singer (No. 21 in white) scored his first basket, with some help from his teammates at Ben Franklin Middle School and the opposing team, Fegely Middle School.
Rival teams step aside to give boy special moment
Benjamin Franklin Middle School student and basketball team's manager, Nigel Singer, 12, had a dream come true on Jan. 17, when Benjamin Franklin played Portage rival, Fegely Middle School. Both teams put the game second and Nigel first when they sent him in to play. Nigel kept missing shots…
Hoops helping around the world
Charles Nagy, 14, of Valparaiso is a local athlete with summer plans that will take him to the other side of the globe.
Anna Garcia and Brianna Crum participate in Porter County bee
PORTAGE | Paul Saylor fourth and fifth graders Anna Garcia and Brianna Crum took part in this year's competition at the Porter County Spelling Bee.
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